Our 5 favorite road trip movies

Road Trip |

By Europcar |

When it comes to cars and road, you can count on Europcar advices. So you can start the journey from your own sofa, our staff picked their 5 favorite road trip movies that you should absolutely watch to prepare your next trip. From Australian desert, to the famous road 66, with a van or a bus, en route with these 5 unmissable road movies!

On The Road

Inspired by the exhilarating novel of Jack Kerouarc, On The Road is an American film about three young people, a disheartened young writer, a charming ex-con and his seductive wife taking off on a road tip across the American southwest to explore the world and find themselves.

Little Miss Sunshine

This American film is about a dysfunctional family on a chaotic cross-country trip in their Volkswagen van. En-route from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Redondo Beach, California with Granpa, mum, dad and the kids!

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

If this crazy Australian comedy-drama about two drag performers and a transgender woman on a road trip across the Australian desert doesn’t sound exotic enough, wait until you watch them performing their unique style of cabaret.

Broken Flowers

If, like us, you love Bill Murray, this French-American comedy-drama is for you. The road movie tells the story of a heartbroken man embarking on a cross-country journey to find a 19-year-old son he just learnt of who may looking for him.

Thelma & Louise

This American road film tells the story of two best friends and their run from the police as their road trip across a fictional route between Arkansas and the Grand Canyon turns into drama. Don’t miss this cult film where women – for once – hold the wheel!

Rain Man

An American road comedy-drama film that follows the road trip of two very different brothers on a road trip, one kidnapped by the other, from Cincinnati, Ohio to Los Angeles. The performance of the two stars – that is, Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman – is one of the best moment of XXth century cinema.